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‘Stark and disturbing’ difference in care A year after the UI inpatient eating disorder clinic closed, a damaging gap is left behind.
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Lexie Olgren, 28, and her daughter, Isabelle, 4, water a plant they bought together at the Olgren family home in Ankeny, Iowa, on Sept. 14. Jami Martin-Trainor Managing Digital Editor
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Content Warning: This article discusses eating disorders, associated behaviors, and a reference to self-harm. April Bannister was actively receiving treatment from the University of Iowa’s inpatient eating disorder clinic
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when UI Hospitals and Clinics officials announced its closure last year. Since February 2021, Bannister said she sought care from the clinic on seven different occasions. The 23-yearold said the eating disorder made her hair fall out, caused her to develop a heart condition, gave her constant chest pain, and made her constantly cold. “If I hadn’t had this program, I would have been dead
seven times over,” Bannister said in an interview with The Daily Iowan in 2022. When Bannister learned the UI was phasing out its inpatient program by stopping the admission of new patients in September 2022, she turned to social media. “The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics’ eating
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Father son duo brings family to the plate Iowa City restaurant Wig & Pen co-owner Richard Querrey works alongside his son, Chris.
Conservatives target university DEI programs The state Board of Regents will reveal their findings from an evaluation of all diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in November. EPI | 5A
Prepping for publication Take a look at the students who create the literary magazines at the University of Iowa campus. The UI has over 10 magazines that push students to be immersed in the publishing industry.
Wig & Pen Pizza Pub Co-Owner and General Manager Chris Querrey picks up a drink at Wig & Pen Pizza Pub on Sept. 8.
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Co-owner of the Wig & Pen Pizza Pub Richard Querrey purchased the Iowa City pizza place in
1993, and is working to leave legacy to his son, Chris Querrey. Known for its Chicago style deep dish pizza, the pub sits on the Coralville Strip at 1220 US-6 and has been touted by reviewers on Tripadvisor as
having some of the best pizza in the area. The pizzeria has also been in the process of renovating its Coralville location, with a planned update of the patio. Other locations can be found in North Liberty, and the Des Moines area, according to the Wig & Pen website. Chris Querrey said he didn’t originally intend to take be a co-owner of the pizzeria. He was officially on the payroll in his first year of college, running all sorts of errands and doing odd jobs for his dad, but he planned on trying to make it out in the real world. “It’s been in my blood now for two-thirds of my life. It’s entertaining. It’s challenging. I’m not quite sure it’s for everybody — you sacrifice a lot,” Chris Querrey said. “It’s part of my DNA now.” Chris Querrey said he thinks of customers as being guests at his house. “I want you to be welcomed and I want you to be satisfied and I want you to come back,” Querrey said. Most of all, the pizzeria is a place for family, and not just for the Querreys, although multiple members of their family have worked at the Wig & Pen. Maggie McGivern, a member of the staff who’s worked there for nine years, agreed that the restaurant exudes a familial atmosphere. “It’s definitely like my second home,” McGivern said. “I met my husband here. I met my best friends here. It’s really like a family environment.” The Wig & Pen wasn’t always the cornerstone of Iowa City which many consider it to be today. In 1993, Richard Querrey changed all that.
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UI researchers investigate stigma of HIV Their 2021 study found that the stigma of HIV leads people to be afraid of their identity. • Listen to The Daily Iowan’s
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Stigma plays an incredibly large role in the lives of those with human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV. University of Iowa researchers Oluwafemi Adeagbo and Oluwaseun Badru are taking a magnifying glass to the stigma surrounding HIV. Adeagbo, an assistant professor at the UI College of Public Health, conducted a study in 2021 in Nigeria in hopes of learning more about this stigma. During his time there, he connected with almost 4,000 people living with HIV. Adeagbo’s primary focus was on the impact of stigma on mental health and social support.
Previously, Adeagbo worked in South Africa where there are approximately 9 million people living with HIV. He experienced many of the same problems when it came to stigma around the disease, with many people afraid to disclose their identity in fear of losing those closest to them. “People were afraid of their HIV identity,” Adeagbo said. “If one person knew you were going to an HIV clinic, everyone knew.” Badru, who was born in Nigeria, grew up hearing about the stigma behind HIV and wants to be a part of the change. “It was a concern for me that people were discriminating against people with HIV, and stigmatizing those living with HIV,” Badru said. “I want to reveal to the world that this is a problem.” Adeagbo and Badru are currently conducting research to identify the barriers of HIV prevention services amid an uptick of Black and African American men who have sex with other men in Iowa. The 2021 study found that women were more often affected than men, Adeagbo said.
Women tend to experience violence in relationships at a higher level than men, the study found. Additionally, for those who did choose to disclose their identity, many lost their jobs, and sometimes even their family members. This leads to many people being afraid to disclose their HIV identity, further exacerbating the stigma. Badru, a UI doctorate student, focused specifically on the social support aspect of HIV stigmatization with Adeagbo. Badru and his team began looking at support in three different layers: family, friends, and significant others. When they looked at overall social support, they found that out of 400 people living with HIV, only half had adequate support from family and significant others. “Once there is adequate support, the chance that these people living with HIV are likely to have experienced stigma is reduced,” Badru said. “So
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